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First Amendment cases

46 cases

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02-1674
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McConnell v. Federal Election Commission

This case considers whether the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which banned 'soft money' donations an...
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20A87
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo

The Supreme Court granted a preliminary injunction preventing New York from enforcing strict COVID-19 occupanc...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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19-6630
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Hunter v. Murdoch

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in the Supreme Court following a decision by the ...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

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19-1047
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Weiss v. Marsh

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to review a decision by the Court of Appeal of Californ...
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Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three

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Recent decisions

24-557
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David Asa Villarreal, Petitioner v. Texas

The Supreme Court unanimously held that a trial court's qualified conferral order prohibiting discussion of a ...
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Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

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24-539
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Kaley Chiles, Petitioner v. Patty Salazar, in Her Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, et al.

Does a Colorado law banning “conversion therapy”—i.e., attempts to “convert” someone’s sexual orientation or g...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

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24-781
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First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc., Petitioner v. Jennifer Davenport, Attorney General of New Jersey

Faith-based pregnancy centers challenge a New Jersey attorney general's investigation and subpoena for donor i...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

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22-915
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United States v. Rahimi

The Court reversed the Fifth Circuit and upheld the federal ban on gun possession by people subject to domesti...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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22-942
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Tingley v. Ferguson

This case asks whether a state law banning certain counseling conversations as unprofessional conduct violates...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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22-277
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Moody v. NetChoice

Florida defended a law restricting large social-media platforms' moderation practices and requiring explanatio...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

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22-842
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NRA v. Vullo

The Court unanimously held that the NRA plausibly alleged a First Amendment violation by claiming New York's f...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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22-1008
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Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

The Court addressed Florida and Texas laws regulating social media platforms but remanded both cases for furth...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

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19-7849
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Black v. Dolan

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in the Supreme Court following a decision by the ...
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United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

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21-418
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Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist.

A high school football coach was disciplined by his school district for praying at midfield after games. The S...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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19-7899
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Nigl v. Litscher

Nigl filed a petition for a writ of certiorari and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis to the Supreme Court,...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

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24-809
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Howard Goldey, Associate Warden, et al., Petitioners v. Andrew Fields, III, et al.

The Supreme Court reversed a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Goldey v. Fields and sent the case ba...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

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24-57
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Coalition Life, Petitioner v. City of Carbondale, Illinois

This case involves a challenge to a local ordinance in Carbondale, Illinois, that restricts peaceful speech an...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

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19-6442
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Yeager v. Nat'l Pub. Radio

This matter involves a procedural request submitted to Justice Sotomayor seeking permission to file a petition...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

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19-767
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Nat'l Ass'n for Gun Rights, Inc. v. Mangan

The National Association for Gun Rights petitioned the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Ninth Circuit...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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19-670
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Fleck v. Wetch

This case considers whether a state law violates the First Amendment by using an opt-out rule that presumes in...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

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22-138
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Counterman v. Colorado

This case examines whether a person's threatening Facebook messages constitute a 'true threat' unprotected by ...
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Originating court

Court of Appeals of Colorado

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19-974
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Schmitt v. Larose

This case involves a challenge to subject-matter restrictions on ballot initiatives, specifically asking wheth...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

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22-278
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City of Ocala v. Rojas

This case involves a dispute over whether individuals have standing to bring an Establishment Clause claim aga...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

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22-148
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Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC

VIP Products created a dog toy parodying the iconic Jack Daniel's whiskey bottle. The Supreme Court ruled that...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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19-8084
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Young v. Halligan

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in the Supreme Court following a decision by the ...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

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22-704
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Vidal v. Elster

The Supreme Court considered whether a federal trademark law prohibiting the registration of a living person's...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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22-506
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Biden v. Nebraska

The Court held that the First Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create websites ...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

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23-411
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Vivek H. Murthy, Surgeon General, et al., Petitioners v. Missouri, et al.

The Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit alleging the federal government coerced social media platforms into cens...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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22-1025
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Gonzalez v. Trevino

This case clarified the evidence required to prove a First Amendment retaliatory arrest claim when probable ca...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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22-179
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United States v. Hansen

Hansen involved a First Amendment challenge to a federal immigration-solicitation statute used in a fraudulent...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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24-394
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Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board, et al., Petitioners v. Gentner Drummond, Attorney General of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma

This case involves a dispute over whether a state can authorize a religious charter school, specifically focus...
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Originating court

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

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24-154
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Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.

The Supreme Court ruled that Wisconsin violated the First Amendment by denying a tax exemption to Catholic Cha...
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Supreme Court of Wisconsin

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24-621
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National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al., Petitioners v. Federal Election Commission, et al.

Challengers seek to overturn limits on coordinated campaign spending by political parties, arguing the restric...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

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24-656
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TikTok Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General

The Supreme Court upheld a federal law requiring TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest the pla...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

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22-611
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Lindke v. Freed

The Supreme Court established a new test to determine when a public official's social media activity constitut...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

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19-7975
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Myer v. All Dulles Area Muslim Soc'y

This case involves a petition asking the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Supreme Court of Virginia r...
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Supreme Court of Virginia

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22-555
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NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton

The Supreme Court reviewed a Texas law that restricted social media platforms from moderating user content and...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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22-324
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O'Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier

This case concerns whether public officials violate the First Amendment when they block individuals from their...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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Dismissed

19-1179
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Stoyanov v. McPherson

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Stoyanov against McPherson, arising from a dec...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

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19-1160
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Murphy v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Murphy against the Office of Disciplinary Coun...
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District

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19-1112
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Jones v. Eder

This case involved a petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Cir...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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22-304
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Oswald v. Mauer

Oswald arose from a habeas case after the Sixth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability following his Oh...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

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24-410
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L. M. v. Town of Middleborough

This case involves a middle school student challenging their school's decision to suppress their speech, with ...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

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24-355
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MacRae v. Mattos

1. Whether a government policy that prohibits speakers from using a person’s name or title during a public-com...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

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24-291
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Apache Stronghold v. United States

Whether the government "substantially burdens" religious exercise under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act,...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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23-373
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Mckesson v. Doe

This case considers whether a protest organizer can be held liable for negligence when an unidentified attende...
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Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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